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Recognised as Colour

#16BFBD

  • #16BFBD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#16BFBD is a cyan with RGB values 22, 191, 189 and HSL 179°, 79%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#16BFBD#16BFBD
HEX#16BFBD
RGBrgb(22, 191, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.749, 0.7412
RGB percentages8.6%, 74.9%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(179.3, 79.3%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 88.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK88.5%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,490,877
CSS custom property--colour: #16BFBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#E94042

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B5BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA5BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 7Turquoise · ΔE 13.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.3Dark cyan · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.97, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF1618
Analogous#16BF68, #166DBF
Triadic#BD16BF, #BFBD16
Split complementary#BF166D, #BF6816
Tetradic#6816BF, #BF1618, #6DBF16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACF5F5
Lighter +30%#7EF0EF
Lighter +20%#50EBE9
Lighter +10%#22E6E3
Darker −10%#119190
Darker −20%#0B6462
Darker −30%#063635
Darker −40%#010808
More saturated +25%#00D5D2
Less saturated −25%#31A4A3

Channel breakdown

R22
G191
B189
Red22 (8.6%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue179.29°
Saturation (HSL)79.34%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G BF · B BD

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